The teacher tells the third grade the order of the seasons cannot be changed. Summer, fall, winter, spring arrive in order, then start over.

I used to be flexible about meetings at work. Change the hour of a meeting, no problem for me.

In the glow of the porch light one moth a final fandango nowhere to go

Jim Clowes had a red '53 Ford that looked terrible. The paint on the car was almost all gone, although there were still patches of paint mixed with patches of rust. The clunker was an u...

You think you got problems? You probably do but would you trade with Phillip, a Vietnam vet who still thinks Agent Orange lurks in

And so I’ll tell old Max, and maybe he will listen, it’s time to call the plumber in and tell him,

Each morning I step from the train and march with the others leaving the station. The weatherman’s warned of rain

My mother always said my father was a little odd and she lived wit… all those years and should have kn… When we were small my sister and… knew he was different. No other fa…

It is said brave folks who understand this new world understand demons. Donal Mahoney

After services on Sunday the old Marlboro man puts his Bible under his arm and talks to his pastor through a hole in his neck.

Melanie cried for hours the day a drunk driver ran over her dog a week after she had an abortion. She loved that dog so much she told her mother she knew

Otis was once a monk who took no vows, was free to leave the abbey and eventually he did. I met him over chicken wings